Shadow raid

Shadow Alolan Vulpix counters

#0037

iceShadow Tier 3

A Shadow raid boss hits harder than its normal form (Shadow Frenzy), and the Pokemon you catch afterwards is a Shadow. Purified Gems weaken it mid-fight; the simulation does not use them.

Lobby CP

7,817

4,000

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.60

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Alolan Vulpix should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 431-504.

Weak tofighting1.6xrock1.6xsteel1.6xfire1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy Partly cloudy ★Cloudy ★Windy Snow ★Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Shadow Alolan Vulpix counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Zacian (Crowned Sword), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Shadow Reshiram & Shadow Blaziken.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Reshiram
S. Blaziken

5 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.511:29
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.591:44
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.601:46
4Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.621:49
5Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.621:49
6Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.631:51
7Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.631:51
8Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.651:53
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+0.671:57
10Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.692:00
11Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.692:02

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Top 15 Shadow Alolan Vulpix counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:29	0.51	1.1	264.5%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	1:44	0.59	1.3	225.2%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	1:46	0.60	1.5	221.3%
4	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	1:49	0.62	1.6	215.3%
5	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	1:49	0.62	1.0	214.4%
6	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	1:51	0.63	0.9	211.0%
7	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	1:51	0.63	1.3	210.6%
8	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	1:53	0.65	1.9	207.0%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:57	0.67	1.6	200.3%
10	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	2:00	0.69	2.4	194.9%
11	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	2:02	0.69	2.6	192.5%
12	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	2:03	0.70	1.3	190.1%
13	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	2:04	0.71	3.3	188.7%
14	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	2:05	0.71	2.4	187.7%
15	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	3,791	2:08	0.73	2.0	184.1%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Shadow Alolan Vulpix.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Alolan Vulpix's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	200%	212.1%	1:51	1.6	0.63
Zen Headbutt / Dark Pulse	100%	210%	211.3%	1:51	1.5	0.63
Powder Snow / Dark Pulse	100%	221%	211.8%	1:51	1.3	0.63
Zen Headbutt / Weather Ball (Ice)	100%	211%	211.9%	1:51	1.5	0.63
Zen Headbutt / Blizzard	100%	187%	212.1%	1:51	1.8	0.63
Powder Snow / Blizzard	100%	192%	212.4%	1:51	1.7	0.63
Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	100%	218%	212.5%	1:50	1.3	0.63
Powder Snow / Ice Beam	100%	208%	213.6%	1:50	1.4	0.63
Zen Headbutt / Ice Beam	100%	201%	214.0%	1:50	1.6	0.62

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Alolan Vulpix weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

fighting1.6x rock1.6x steel1.6x fire1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ice0.63x

Weak (4)
Neutral (13)
Resists (1)

It resists ice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Alolan Vulpix throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicZen Headbutt	11	+9	1.0s	0.75s
icePowder SnowSTAB	6	+15	1.0s	0.85s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceBlizzardSTAB	130	-100	3.0s	1.40s
iceWeather Ball (Ice)STAB	55	-33	1.5s	1.25s
iceIce BeamSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
darkDark Pulse	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	431	539
7/7/7	439	548
8/8/8	447	558
9/9/9	455	568
10/10/10	463	579
11/11/11	471	589
12/12/12	479	599
13/13/13	488	610
14/14/14	496	620
15/15/15hundo	504	631

Caught CP range 431 - 504, or 539 - 631 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 6/6/6 — a Shadow raid's floor is 6, not the usual 10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

Shadow raid floor. A Shadow Raid encounter rolls a minimum of 6/6/6, so this band starts at 431, not at the 463 a 10/10/10 catch would give. pokebattler.com's own page for a Shadow boss prints that 10/10/10 value as its floor — it is applying the standard-raid rule — so expect its range to start 32 CP higher than this one. LeekDuck's published band agrees with the table above.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Alolan Vulpix is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Shadow Tier 3: 4,000 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 84 / Defense 94 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.76).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	264.5%	0.51	1:29	1.1	100%	6,112	46.4	1986
2	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	84%	225.2%	0.59	1:44	1.2	100%	4,783	39.8	1886
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	81%	221.3%	0.60	1:46	1.4	100%	3,826	38.4	1724
4	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	78%	215.3%	0.62	1:49	1.6	100%	4,161	37.1	1618
5	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	84%	214.4%	0.62	1:49	1.0	100%	4,979	38.0	2076
6	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	83%	211.0%	0.63	1:51	0.9	100%	4,172	36.7	2273
7	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	78%	210.6%	0.63	1:51	1.3	100%	4,099	36.9	1869
8	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	73%	207.0%	0.65	1:53	1.8	100%	3,670	35.9	1494
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	72%	200.3%	0.67	1:57	1.6	100%	6,428	34.8	1602
10	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	67%	194.9%	0.69	2:00	2.3	100%	4,038	33.8	1223
11	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	65%	192.5%	0.69	2:02	2.5	100%	2,848	33.3	1149
12	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	70%	190.1%	0.70	2:03	1.3	100%	3,698	32.9	1799
13	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	62%	188.7%	0.71	2:04	3.2	100%	3,297	33.2	1006
14	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	65%	187.7%	0.71	2:05	2.3	100%	4,455	32.5	1213
15	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	65%	184.1%	0.73	2:08	1.9	100%	3,791	31.4	1466
16	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	63%	183.5%	0.73	2:08	2.3	100%	4,521	31.4	1232
17	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	66%	177.3%	0.75	2:12	1.2	100%	4,911	30.5	1853
18	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	55%	176.5%	0.76	2:13	4.3	100%	3,298	30.4	758
19	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	65%	175.2%	0.76	2:14	1.2	100%	3,754	30.2	1839
20	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	57%	173.1%	0.77	2:16	2.9	100%	3,337	29.9	1041
21	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	56%	173.0%	0.77	2:16	3.3	100%	3,268	30.1	988
22	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	57%	172.9%	0.77	2:16	3.0	100%	3,105	29.9	1007
23	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	59%	172.1%	0.78	2:16	2.4	100%	2,703	29.9	1199
24	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	57%	169.9%	0.79	2:18	2.8	100%	4,346	29.2	1098
25	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	55%	168.0%	0.80	2:20	3.1	100%	3,465	29.1	986
26	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	58%	167.9%	0.80	2:20	2.1	100%	4,814	28.8	1362
27	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	58%	167.4%	0.80	2:20	2.3	100%	3,863	29.1	1249
28	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	57%	166.6%	0.80	2:21	2.3	100%	4,038	28.8	1232
29	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	55%	166.1%	0.80	2:21	2.8	100%	3,059	28.8	1137
30	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Low Kick / Blast Burn	Low Kick / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	56%	166.0%	0.81	2:21	2.6	100%	2,982	28.7	1140

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com (its Shadow boss page; the ordinary boss's page is a different, easier fight). Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.5 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.